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This map depicts the Coastal Barrier Resources System (CBRS) units in Massachusettsthat are part of the Hurricane Sandy Remapping Project. To view the proposed boundariesin more detail see the CBRS Projects Mapper:

Atlantic Ocean

Cape Cod Bay

Nantucket Sound

John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources SystemHurricane Sandy Remapping Project: Massachusetts

https://www.fws.gov/cbra/maps/mapper.html

Rhode Island

Massachusetts

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Coastal Barrier Resources SystemHurricane Sandy Remapping ProjectSummary of Proposed Changes for Massachusetts

Number of UnitsTotal Massachusetts Units: 109 (86 existing and 23 proposed new)

System Units: 64 (61 existing and 3 proposed new)Otherwise Protected Areas (OPAs): 45 (25 existing and 20 proposed new)

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has prepared comprehensively revised proposed boundaries for all of the 86 existing John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System (CBRS) units in Massachusetts. Two existing units have no proposed changes. The Service identified 23 proposed new units. Nine of the 23 proposed new units are comprised either partially or mostly of areas that are currently contained within the CBRS, but are proposed for reclassification from System Unit to OPA or vice-versa. Fourteen of the 23 proposed new units are comprised entirely of areas that are not currently contained within the CBRS. Four of the existing 86 units are proposed for reclassification from System Unit to OPA or vice-versa, and therefore their current unit numbers are retired, resulting in 105 total proposed units. Thirty-seven percent of the acreage in the 23 proposed new Massachusetts units is not currently within the CBRS.

Proposed Acreage and Structure Changes

Fastland Acres1 Associated Aquatic Habitat Acres2

Total Acres Total Structures3

System Unit OPAs System Unit OPAs System Unit OPAs System Unit OPAs

Added to the CBRS

1,040 1,738 8,847 21,256 9,887 22,994 26 54

Total: 2,778 Total: 30,103 Total: 32,881 Total: 80

Removed from the CBRS

112 50 132 10 244 60 116 52

Total: 162 Total: 142 Total: 304 Total: 168

Net Reclassified4

(630) 630 (5,826) 5,826 (6,456) 6,456

Net Change Total: 2,616 Total: 29,961 Total: 32,577 Total: (88)

1 Land above mean high tide.2 Associated aquatic habitat includes wetlands, marshes, estuaries, inlets, and open water landward of the coastal barrier, but does not include open water seaward of the shoreline. This information is derived from an interpretation of base map imagery in consultation with National Wetlands Inventory data and other data sources as necessary.3 Approximate structure count derived from base map imagery. Structures without walls and a roof (e.g., picnic shelters) and structures with fewer than 200 square feet are not included in this structure count because they do not meet the definition of a “structure” in 16 U.S.C. 3503(g)(2).4 Reclassified areas are areas currently within the CBRS that are recommended for reclassification from System Unit to OPA or vice versa.

The proposed boundaries for the Massachusetts units would remove 304 acres from the CBRS (162 acres of fastland and 142 acres of associated aquatic habitat) and add 32,881 acres to the CBRS (2,778 acres of fastland and 30,103 acres of associat-ed aquatic habitat). The proposed boundaries for the Massachusetts units would remove 131 acres of private fastland (i.e., private land not held for conservation/recreation) from the CBRS and add 1,044 acres of private fastland to the CBRS.

The proposed boundaries for the Massachusetts units would remove 168 structures (mostly private residential) from the CBRS and add 80 structures to the CBRS (more than half of which are park-related).

Information about the proposed changes for each of the individual Massachusetts units (including acreage and structure changes) is available at: https://www.fws.gov/cbra/maps/Hurricane-Sandy-Project-Batch-1.html.

Proposed Changes by Land Ownership

The ownership type of the existing and proposed CBRS units in Massachusetts is depicted in the graph below. In conducting this project the Service relied heavily on publicly available State and local GIS data, which did not contain ownership information for certain areas (mostly large swaths of wetlands and open water) that are within the project area; and therefore such areas are categorized as “unknown.” “Private conserved” indicates areas that are owned by private individuals or organizations (e.g., The Nature Conservancy and the Audubon Society) and held specifically for conservation and/or recreation purposes, including privately owned areas that are subject to conservation easements.

County Congressional District

Unit Number

Unit Name Unit Status

Essex MA-6 C00 Clark Pond Existing Unit

Essex MA-6 C01 Wingersheek Existing Unit

Essex MA-6 C01A Good Harbor Beach/Milk Island Existing Unit

Essex MA-6 C01AP Cape Hedge Beach New Unit

Essex MA-6 C01B Brace Cove Existing Unit

Suffolk MA-7 C01C West Head Beach Existing Unit

Suffolk MA-7 C01CP West Head Beach New Unit

Plymouth MA-8 C02 North Scituate Existing Unit Reclassified and Unit Number Retired

Plymouth MA-8 C02P North Scituate New Unit - Partially Reclassified

Plymouth MA-8, MA-9 C03 Rivermoor Existing Unit

Plymouth MA-8, MA-9 C03A Rexhame Existing Unit

Plymouth MA-9 C04 Plymouth Bay Existing Unit

Plymouth MA-9 C06 Center Hill Complex Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 C08 Scorton Existing Unit

Massachusetts Units

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County Congressional District

Unit Number

Unit Name Unit Status

Barnstable MA-9 C09 Sandy Neck Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 C09P Sandy Neck Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 C10 Freemans Pond Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 C11 Namskaket Spits Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 C11A Boat Meadow Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 C11AP Boat Meadow Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 C11P Namskaket Spits New Unit

Barnstable MA-9 C12 Chatham Roads Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 C12P Chatham Roads New Unit - Mostly Reclassified

Barnstable MA-9 C13 Lewis Bay Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 C13P Lewis Bay Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 C14 Squaw Island Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 C15 Centerville Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 C15P Centerville Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 C16 Dead Neck Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 C17 Popponesset Spit Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 C18 Waquoit Bay Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 C18A Falmouth Ponds Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 C18P Waquoit Bay Existing Unit Reclassified and Unit Number Retired

Barnstable MA-9 C19 Black Beach Existing Unit

Plymouth MA-9 C19A Buzzards Bay Complex Existing Unit

Plymouth MA-9 C19AP Buzzards Bay Complex New Unit - Mostly Reclassified

Barnstable MA-9 C19P Little Sippewisset Marsh New Unit

Nantucket MA-9 C20 Coatue Existing Unit

Nantucket MA-9 C20P Coatue New Unit - Mostly Reclassified

Nantucket MA-9 C21 Sesachacha Pond Existing Unit

Nantucket MA-9 C22 Cisco Beach Existing Unit Reclassified and Unit Number Retired

Nantucket MA-9 C22P Cisco Beach New Unit - Mostly Reclassified

Nantucket MA-9 C23 Esther Island Complex Existing Unit

Nantucket MA-9 C23P Esther Island Complex New Unit - Mostly Reclassified

Nantucket MA-9 C24 Tuckernuck Island Existing Unit

Nantucket MA-9 C25 Muskeget Island Existing Unit

Dukes MA-9 C26 Eel Pond Beach Existing Unit

Dukes MA-9 C27 Cape Poge Existing Unit

Dukes MA-9 C28 South Beach Existing Unit

Dukes MA-9 C29 Squibnocket Complex Existing Unit

Dukes MA-9 C29A James Pond Existing Unit

Dukes MA-9 C29B Mink Meadows Existing Unit

Dukes MA-9 C29P Squibnocket Complex Existing Unit

Dukes MA-9 C31 Elizabeth Islands Existing Unit

Bristol MA-9 C31A West Sconticut Neck Existing Unit

Bristol MA-9 C31AP West Sconticut Neck New Unit

Bristol MA-9 C31B Harbor View Existing Unit

Bristol MA-9 C32 Mishaum Point Existing Unit

County Congressional District

Unit Number

Unit Name Unit Status

Bristol MA-9 C33 Little Beach Existing Unit

Bristol MA-9 C34 Horseneck Beach Existing Unit

Bristol MA-4 C34A Cedar Cove Existing Unit

Bristol MA-9 C34P Horseneck Beach Existing Unit

Bristol MA-9 C35 Richmond/Cockeast Ponds Existing Unit

Essex MA-6 MA-01P Salisbury Beach Existing Unit

Essex MA-6 MA-02P Plum Island Existing Unit

Essex MA-6 MA-03 Castle Neck Existing Unit

Essex MA-6 MA-04 West Beach Existing Unit

Essex MA-6 MA-06 Phillips Beach Existing Unit

Suffolk MA-5, MA-7 MA-08P Snake Island Existing Unit

Norfolk MA-7, MA-8 MA-09P Squantum Existing Unit

Norfolk MA-8 MA-10P Merrymount Park Existing Unit

Plymouth, Suffolk MA-7, MA-8 MA-11 Peddocks/Rainsford Islands Existing Unit

Norfolk, Plymouth MA-8 MA-12 Cohasset Harbor Existing Unit

Plymouth MA-9 MA-13 Duxbury Beach Existing Unit

Plymouth MA-9 MA-13P Duxbury Beach New Unit - Mostly Reclassified

Barnstable MA-9 MA-14P Town Neck Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 MA-15P Chapin Beach Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 MA-16 Nobscusset Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 MA-17AP Lieutenant Island Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 MA-17P Griffin/Great Islands Complex Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 MA-18 Pamet Harbor Existing Unit Reclassified and Unit Number Retired

Barnstable MA-9 MA-18AP Pamet Harbor New Unit - Mostly Reclassified

Barnstable MA-9 MA-18P Ballston Beach Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 MA-19P Provincetown Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 MA-20P Nauset Beach/Monomoy Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 MA-23P Davis Beach Existing Unit

Dukes MA-9 MA-24 Naushon Island Complex Existing Unit

Dukes MA-9 MA-25P Penikese Island Existing Unit

Dukes MA-9 MA-26 Harthaven Existing Unit

Dukes MA-9 MA-27 Edgartown Beach New Unit - Partially Reclassified

Dukes MA-9 MA-27P Edgartown Beach Existing Unit

Dukes MA-9 MA-28P Norton Point Existing Unit

Dukes MA-9 MA-29P Nomans Land Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 MA-30 Herring Brook Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 MA-31 Squeteague Harbor Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 MA-32 Bassetts Island Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 MA-33 Phinneys Harbor Existing Unit

Plymouth MA-9 MA-35 Planting Island Existing Unit

Bristol MA-9 MA-36 Round Hill Existing Unit

Bristol MA-9 MA-37P Demarest Lloyd Park Existing Unit

Barnstable MA-9 MA-38P Scusset Beach New Unit

Barnstable MA-9 MA-40P Harding Beach New Unit

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March 2018

County Congressional District

Unit Number

Unit Name Unit Status

Barnstable MA-9 MA-41P Red River Beach New Unit

Barnstable MA-9 MA-42P Quissett Beach/Falmouth Beach New Unit

Barnstable MA-9 MA-43 Chapoquoit Beach New Unit

Barnstable MA-9 MA-43P Chapoquoit Beach New Unit

Bristol MA-9 MA-45P Round Hill Point New Unit

Bristol MA-9 MA-46 Teal Pond New Unit

Bristol, Plymouth MA-9 MA-47P Little Bay New Unit